Hay-stacker



(No Model.)

0. H. BUCK. HAY STAOKER. No. 465,157. Patented Dec. 15,1891.

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OLIVER BUCK, OF MCLEAN, ILLINOIS.

HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,157, dated December15, 1891. 1

Application filed March 28, 1891.

T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER H. BUCK, of McLean, in the county of McLeanand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHay-Stackers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in hay-stackers, and has for itsobject to provide a simple, economic, and durable device, capable ofbeing readily transported from place to place, quickly set up, andconveniently manipulated; and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully setforth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stacker, illustrating the mast aselevated; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the stacker,illustrating the mast as lowered.

The body of the device consists of a tower A, narrower at the top thanat the bottom, the said tower being practically rectangular incross-section, and one side of the tower is preferably constructed toform a ladder, the rounds 10 thereof being secured to the side pieces,as is best shown in Fig. 1. The lower end of the tower is provided withrunners A, whereby the apparatus may be readily moved from place toplace. The upper end of the tower is provided with a platform 11, and asecond platform 12 is located between the center and the top. In theupper platform 11 an opening 13 is produced, and an opening 14 islikewise made in the lower platform 12. At one side of the opening inthe lower platform asocket 15 is produced, adapted at times to receivethe lower end of the mast 16, which mast passes through and has freemovement in the opening 13 of the upper platform. One end of a cable 17is secured to the lower end of the mast, and the said cable, when themast is passed through both of the openings 13 and 14, extends upwardthrough the latter opening over a friction-pulley 18, journaledpreferably in the side of the tower, shaped as a ladder, and from thepulley 18 the cable is carried downward and is preferably made SerialNo. 386,813. (No model.)

fast toa shaft19, journaled atthe base of the is preferably providedwith a ratchet-wheel engaged by a suitable pawl pivoted to the tower. Astrap 21, or the equivalent thereof, is preferably attached to the topof the mast, and below the strap a horizontal lug or extension 22 isformed upon the mast, and a rod or bar 23 is passed loosely downwardthrough the strap and pivoted at its lower end upon the lug or extension22. The upper end of the rod or bar 23 is firmly secured to the innerend of a horizontal arm 24, which arm is provided with a support 25,located longitudinally upon the under side thereof, and provided withadepression 26 at or near its outer end. A pulley block 27 is adjustably attached to the support, and a cable 28 is passed over thepulley-block and carried downward in engagement with a guide-pulley 29,attached to the tower near its upper end, and over a second guide-pulley30, located at the bottom of the tower. The mast is usually supported byguy-ropes 31, in addition to the support which it receives fromhoisting-cable 17 on the lower platform 12.

In operation the hay is elevated from the wagon by means of any approvedform of tongs or their equivalents, attached to one end of the rope 28,and the hay thus taken from the wagon may be deposited upon the groundat any desired side of the tower, as the arm 24 is capable of revolvingupon. the mast. As the stack increases in height the mast is elevated bymanipulating the shaft 19, or otherwise exerting tension upon thehoistingrope 17. When the mast is elevated to its greatest height, theheel of the mast is placed upon the lower platform 12 in the socket 15.The mast is not perpendicular, but is preferably given a slightinclination or cant in the direction of one side of the tower.

By constructing a,ladder at one side of the tower the upper portion ofthe stacker is rendered readily accessible.

When the device is not in use, the cables or ropes may be detached, asthey may be readily placed in position again.

The tower may he made in two sections, if desired, and for purposes oftransportation the mast 16 may be removed from the tower.

' tending through said apertures, a rope for raising and lowering saidmast, a horizontal swingingarm mounted on top of the mast and providedwith a pulley, and ahoisting-rope extending about said pulley,substantially as set forth.

2. A portable hay stacker comprising towerA, formed of open frame-workand having centrally-apertured platforms 11 12, the latter provided witha socket 15, to one side of its aperture, the mast 16 Within the towerand movable freely through said apertures and adapted at its lower endto rest in said socket, a rope 17, secured to the lower end of the mastand passed over a guide-pulley between the two platforms, ahorizontally-swinging arm on the upper end of the mast, alongitudinallyextending support 25 on the under side of said arm, apulley 27, suspended on said support, and the hoisting-rope 28,extendingover said pulley, substantially as set forth. .7 ,OLIVER l-I. BUCK.

Witnesses:

Enos H. FARNSWORTH, OSCAR O. BUCK.

